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Biography

Eric Johnson represents District 100, which includes parts of Dallas and Mesquite, in the Texas House of Representatives. He was first elected in a special election in April 2010. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012, 2014, and most recently in 2016. Today, he serves on four prominent committees: he is Vice Chair of the House Committee on Redistricting, a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, a member of the House Committee on Investments and Financial Services, and a member of the House Select Committee on State and Federal Power and Responsibility.

After his first session, Representative Johnson was selected to participate in the Emerging Leaders Program by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. After his second session, Representative Johnson was selected as a Rodel Fellow by the Aspen-Rodel Institute in Public Leadership. In 2012, Representative Johnson was named to the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) and joined an ACYPL delegation that visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories, meeting with current and emerging leaders in the region. In December 2012, Representative Johnson was the only member of the Texas Legislature to participate in President Obama's first ever meeting with a delegation of African American state legislators.

In April of last year, Representative Johnson was selected by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) as one of seven delegates from across the United States to travel to China as part of a bipartisan group of state and local elected officials to improve U.S.-China relations at the sub-national level. Then, in October of 2016, Representative Johnson was selected by the German Marshall Fund as one of its 75 Marshall Memorial Fellows and traveled to Germany, Spain, Bosnia, and Belgium to meet with local leaders and discuss a wide range of issues aimed at increasing transatlantic cooperation.

In December of last year, Representative Johnson was announced as the only Texan elected to represent the Southern Region on the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee’s Board of Directors. Recently, he was named to the Board of Advisors for Let America Vote, an organization dedicated to winning the public debate over voter suppression in the United States.

Representative Johnson has been awarded the Achievement Award from the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program, the Dallas Regional Chamber's first ever "Courage in Public Service Award" for his work in higher education, and has been named one of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce's "Five Outstanding Young Texans". In 2014, Representative Johnson was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as one of Dallas' "40 Under 40".

Representative Johnson is a graduate of Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in history. He then went on to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

In addition to his work in the Legislature, Representative Johnson serves as Of Counsel in the Dallas office of Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP, focusing his practice on public financing matters.
Representative Johnson lives in Dallas with his wife, Nakita, and son, William. In his free time, he enjoys reading, music, sports, and spending time with his family.